Suction
Prukalopride is rapidly absorbed; after a single oral dose of 2 mg maximum concentration (CmOh) is achieved through 2-3 hours. Absolute bioavailability after oral intake exceeds 90%. The intake of the drug during meals does not affect the bioavailability.
Distribution
Prukalopride is distributed throughout the body, the volume of distribution in the equilibrium condition (Vdss) is 567 liters. Binding to plasma proteins is approximately 30%.
Metabolism
Metabolism of the drug in the human liver in vitro proceeds very slowly, and only a small amount of metabolites is formed. After oral ingestion by a human 14C-labeled prukalopride in urine and feces are found in small amounts 8 metabolites. The main metabolite (R107504, formed by O-demethylation of prucalopride and oxidation of the alcohol to carboxylic acid) is less than 4% injected dose of the drug. As studies with a radioactive label showed, about 85% of the drug remains unchanged; metabolite R107504 is present in the plasma in small amounts.
Excretion
Most of the orally taken dose of the active ingredient is excreted unchanged (approximately 60% by the kidneys and at least 6% with feces). The excretion of unchanged prucalopride by the kidneys includes passive filtration and active secretion. The clearance of prucalopride from plasma is an average of 317 ml / min, the final half-life is about 1 day. The equilibrium state is achieved after 3-4 days of taking the drug, and when taking prucalopride in a dose 2 mg 1 once a day, the minimum and maximum plasma concentrations in the equilibrium state are 2.5 and 7 ng / ml, respectively. When you take 1 time a day, the ratio k the drug ranges from 1.9 to 2.3. The pharmacokinetics of prucalopride linearly depend on the dose in the range up to 20 mg / day. With long-term use of the drug once a day, its pharmacokinetics does not depend on the duration of administration.
Specials categories patients
Population pharmacokinetics
Population pharmacokinetics analysis showed that the total clearance of prucalopride correlates with creatinine clearance and does not depend on the age, body weight, sex or race of patients.
Elderly patients
When taking the drug by elderly patients at a dose of 1 mg once a day, the maximum concentration of prucalopride in the blood plasma (CmOh) and the area under the concentration-time curve (AUC) were 26% and 28%, respectively, more than in young patients. This difference may be due to the weakening of kidney function in the elderly.
Impaired renal function
Compared with patients with normal renal function, in patients with a weak (creatinine clearance 50-79 ml / min) and moderately pronounced (QC 25-49 ml / min) impaired renal function, the concentration of prucalopride in the blood plasma after a single dose of 2 mg was increased by 25% and 51% respectively.In patients with severe renal dysfunction (creatinine clearance less than 24 ml / min), the concentration of prucalopride in blood plasma was 2.3 times higher than in healthy people.
Impaired liver function
About 35% of prucalopril is excreted extrarenally, therefore, a violation of liver function is unlikely to clinically significantly change the pharmacokinetics of the drug.
Children
After a single oral administration of prucalopride at a dose of 0.03 mg / kg in children aged 4-12 years maximum concentration (CmOh) of the drug was the same as after taking the drug by adults in a dose 2 mg, and the area under the concentration-time curve (AUC) of the unbound fraction of the drug was 30-40% less than in adults, and did not depend on the age of the children. The average half-life of the drug in the terminal phase is approximately 19 hours in children (range 11.6-26.8 hours).